Far-Flung Hobbyist is a blog in which a group of friends share progression on their various miniature wargame projects. The group is spread out across the United States.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017

In Work Mobile Air Defense System

In Team Yankee, all forces have access to aircraft. This bothers me a bit, because I know history and can talk to people who was preparing to fight the Soviet machine back when I was 1-year old and fight against their Air Defenses specifically.

Soviet airpower theory was much more focused on gaining air superiority through the use of integrated air defenses. The Warsaw Pact Air Forces recognized they lagged behind NATO Air Forces. The Soviet Union instead invested in Air Defenses. The inclusion of Su-25 Frogfoot in the Warsaw Pact lists seems like an unnecessary list balance effort. NATO air-power, like might F-15 Eagle (102 Air-to-Air kills, 0 Air-to-Air losses), would have made getting a Frogfoot into the fight nearly impossible. So, SA-13s and ZSU-23s to defend my armored columns against the rightly feared A-10A.